Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-26
A MURDERER'S STORY.
Captain Siias Hay, the Father.in-Law
OF LaSalEe C0unty's Late Sheriff,
Surrenders.
He Admits ti;at He Killed Hill, aud Claims
that He Was Forced to the Act
es Save Himself.


Special to the Gazette.
CoTULLA, TEX, Jan. 25.-Captain Silas
Hay and Frank Hall stepped into the
courthouse this morning and surrendered
to Sheriff Fly and Captain Schmidt. W.
j. Bowen, County Attorney, sent for JUS
tice I. n. Daniels snd notified the defend
ants that he was ready to proceed with an
examining trial of the charge against
them. The court was opened and up to
this hour the time has been occupied in
the examination OF five witnesses for the
state. Hon. (. X. Lane and Judge NJ. II .
Williams are counsel for the defendants.
Captain Silas H4y made voluntary state
ment, q copy of which is sent THE GAZETTE.
Many OF the best citizens of DImmit
and LaSalle counties are in attendance
and manifest deep interest in this trial.
The friends of Hay and Hall feel con-
fident that the evidence upon this trial
will materially change tie character of
the charge against them. In fact there is
no evidence against Hall save his acct
dental presence. Everything here is
perfectly quiet and orderly. Among the
visitors from Dimmit county we notice
the presence Of Sheriff Tumlinson.
Following is the statement of Captain
Hay: "Phe State Of Texas VS.. Silas
Hay land Frank HALL desire to make
full statement in relation
to the charges against me
in this case. 1t is generally known that
Charles Mckinney Was my son-in- law, and
he was as near to me as any of my chill |
dren. For months previous to his mur-
der we all had had approximations that he
would be assassinated. He feared it |
himself, and so expressed himself II. |
informed me that he entertained more
fears OF Hill than any aud all that were |
his enemies. He also informed me that
Hill, with crowd of some fifteen follow
ers, at the late election at Encinal, all |
pulled their pistols On him, he only hsy-
ing two friends with him armed, and that
he and his friends would have been killed
had t Lot been for the Interference OF
others. was in Dimmit county k
Wnen informed of the MUIR
dr. OF Mckinney. My daughter
sent for me and / came here with the
determination of assisting all that could
IN ferieting out the, assassins and. those
.aat paid them to do the deed. The in
Festlgation of the Coroner's inquest of
me remains of Mckinney disclosed the
Az tnat ueeiSe w Hill, Bud CreushaW,
Tim Mccoy, W. S. Tonpkins and Head
ey Wnlte were on the evening of the
nurdefot Mckinney near George HIPS
eslaence, grouped together. This was
mort tlme before the arrival of the train
nd the murder of Mckinney, ana this
vas aoont one-half mile from where
hchinney was killed. Mckinney
vas assassinated by Crenshaw
nd Mccoy near shutdown on 4
he 10Th day of December, 1886. On !
hat night after this murder Crenshaw, ,
icCoy, Tompkins, Hill and White lwere
ogether at or near the residence of Temp
ms, and afterwards on the same night
L or near HUBS residence. These facts
knew had been established before the
oroner's inquest, and these facts Gre T
ted In my mind the suspicion that G. W. q
I'LL was behind the murder Of Charles